RevolutionZ

Episode 246 of RevolutionZ considers Income norms now and in a post capitalist participatory economy. What determines peoples' incomes, with what incentive affects, and what consequences.  Support the show

Episode 245 of RevolutionZ considers in depth the division of labor as it is now, called corporate division of labor, and as it is proposed in order to have no bosses, balanced job complexes. It addresses why and how to implement a new division of labor in terms of class, power, income, and mainly the types of tasks employees do. It derives from No Bosses chapter 4 but includes considerable sponta...

Episode 244 of RevolutionZ has as our guest, Kali Akuno - the co-founder and director of Cooperation Jackson. He shares with us the  story of their network, a web of worker cooperatives and solidarity economy support institutions working together to make economic democracy a reality in Jackson, Mississippi and beyond. Support the show

As mentioned last episode the platform I use for RevolutionZ has installed an AI facility. It "listens" to the podcast, proposes titles, generates a description, and does some sound balancing, i think. The titles are not crazy, but I ignore them. It also generates a transcription. I suspect before long such facilities will generate translations as well... This episode is about ownership...

Ep 242 of RevolutionZ begins a continuing investigation of what a post capitalist economy can and should be including the introduction to No Bosses and its first chapter on Values, and including current spontaneous ruminations on the substance and wording of those. But... [My host site for the podcasts has installed an AI to "help" - and the AI  generated the following episode descriptio...

Episode 241 of RevolutionZ titled Chomsky, Varoufakis, and Mr presents prefaces to the book No Bosses by Noam and Yanis and, interspersed in that presentation, my reactions to their observations.  Support the show

Episode 240 of RevolutionZ is titled Students Step Up 1. It  simultaneously calls for Student Activism and considers obstacles and possible paths through them. Directed at Students, it addresses all ages. Support the show

Episode 239 of RevolutionZ explores the innards of activist life and diverse efforts to win real change. Support the show

Episode 238 of RevolutionZ considers reform and revolution, discussing how activists can avoid reformism and also avoid ultra leftist delusions.  Support the show

Episode 237 of RevolutionZ finishes off a two part series assessing and dismissing Richard Rorty's thought or, demystifying some philosophical mystification. Support the show

Episode 236 of the podcast RevolutionZ is titled A Brief Disparaging Trip In Philosophy. It addresses the political work of the renowned American philosopher Richard Rory, taking issue with his political views.  Support the show

Episode 235 of RevolutionZ is a rumination about the dynamics of things getting normalized, which is to say just considered the way things are and must be, and about just how much horrible stuff is deemed normal, and what ought to be deemed normal instead, and the need to act on the pretty much incontestable observations..  Support the show

Episode 234 of RevolutionZ has as its guest Kristen Ghodsee. We discuss her recent work on examining utopian projects through history and especially closely explore  visionary issues  of gender, family, and sexuality. Support the show

Episode 233 of RevolutionZ with Greg Wilpert as guest, discusses the mechanics of fund raising on the left, including appeals, methods, and purposes.  Support the show

Episode 232 of RevolutionZ brings back frequent guest.co-host Alexandria Shaner to discus diverse movement issues  including  in particular Time Activism... Support the show

Episode 231 of RevolutionZ discusses, situates, and assesses DeGrowth, including some of its history, each of its main virtues, and a few of its debits, and reacts to each. Support the show

Episode 230 of RevolutionZ is in the Rumination series and describes some differences about division of labor, remuneration, allocation, and how best to describe their shared vision among advocates of participatory society and particularly participatory economics, of which I am one. It also talks about how best to deal with differences in general and in this case. Support the show

Episode 229 of RevolutionZ presents 20 Theses for Liberation, a set of ideas bearing on vision and strategy co-authored by 30 writers and five organizations and proposed here for your consideration.  Support the show

Episode 228 of RevolutionZ presents the essay from 30 co-authors and 5 organizations that seeks to provide a basis for a wide and deep discussion in turn seeking unity on the left. Seven of the theses are about Vision, the rest Strategy. This episode  also presents some additional information about people's reactions to the essay. Support the show

Episode 227 of RevolutionZ explores the underlying logic and commitments of anarchism as formulated by my fellow podcaster Daniel Baryon otherwise known as Anark.  Support the show

Episode 226 of RevolutionZ takes up the question of our economy's corporate division of labor and the participatory economic alternative, jobs balanced for empowerment effects. It responds to a hypothetical critic, I call Crit, who offers an array of criticisms I have heard over the years. You can judge the result.  Support the show

Episode 225 of RevolutionZ has Arassh Kolahi as guest for a deep dive discussion of some of the definitions, issues, and prospects arising due to the emergence of powerful AI offerings.  Support the show

Episode 224 of RevolutionZ has as guest Sotiris Metralexis and discusses the Greek experience and current resistance trying to tease out lessons bearing on their and really on everyone's future.  Support the show

Episode 223 of RevolutionZ discusses quitting, quitters, competition, and other sundry human phenomena from  a personal, a social, and a political point of view. Support the show

Episode 222 of RevolutionZ titled Time Capsule 2 from My 1969 continues from episode 221. Each offers something from those "Sixties" days, this time an interview with me by the MIT campus newspaper which reveals something of the times and hopefully may even have implications for the present. Again, no changes have been made--this is just as it wasL the question-prodded ruminations of a t...